Remember when Tavis Ormandy (npub1525…3vrv) discovered you could compromise Symantec's secure email gateway with an email, because their AV engine was using a 7 year old, vulnerable unpacker?
I remember, and it makes me feel tired and old
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/15/cisco-email-security-boxes-can-be-rooted-by-an-email/5296604
Adrian —dangerously-skip-permissions Sanabria
npub19v…md56q
2026-09-15 21:42:48 UTC
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wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-09-15 21:42:48 UTCEvent JSON
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